{thankful. voices.}

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  We are Anderson

{{So S get me your address and I'll get this out to you!}}

 Thanks  to all who entered it was fun to read everyones favorite things some were simple everyday luxuries we take for granted.... which I loved, others were links of fun things but to each of us different things apply loved it. So much out there. I loved seeing who is reading these days too.

{I tried to do this first thing this morning so I picked the winner this morning just took this long to get it up  blogger wasn't cooperating with me} 

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So thankful for a lot of things everyday but today I'm thankful for this little blue eyed boy...

Look at this boy all of a sudden he looks like a big toddler and I'm not to sure I'm liking this! why do they grow up so fast why?? Seriously its killing me!

.....still the best baby ever content happy but he is {starting to develop a little stubbornness and independence streak...... he even full out smacked me for no reason..... then glared at me for like five minutes still not sure what I did .....oh well he's still the best baby ever just can't get over the fact that the baby part is kind of going away....rough isn't it. ----------------------------- 

Thankful for pretty things love the gray and yellow combo

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Thankful for things that make me laugh

okay I thought this was funny it made me laugh anyway... I might need to do it for my boys. K can never seem to keep his tucked in he somehow might just keep it in if I did this!

{disregard the mothers only part....goes for anybody aunts sisters whoever...}

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 This also made me laugh 

if you don't get it...... don't worry about it  

{thought you might like this one shelley p.}

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Thankful for knowing that we come in all different shapes, sizes, and packages yet we are all the same.  We never know what kind of battle people have gone through, and are going through.....just to get to where we all are right now....be forgiving, less judgmental and more understanding....cause behind every smile there's a battle being fought or hid.

these help me see that...

.....  something worth checking out if you haven't

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Thankful for generous people and examples...

Love Becky Higgins love this whole setting and her freebie prints found here

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....and I'm thankful for things like this poem and how something so random can make you really evaluate what you do in your life and how its perceived  when I read this poem it really made me think how our voices and tone make all the difference ...

The Tone of Voice

It’s not so much what you say
As the manner in which you say it;
It’s not so much the language you use
As the tone in which you convey it;
“Come here!” I sharply said,
And the child cowered and wept.
“Come here,” I said –
He looked and smiled
And straight to my lap he crept.
Words may be mild and fair

And the tone may pierce like a dart;

Words may be soft as the summer air
But the tone may break my heart;
For words come from the mind
Grow by study and art –
But tone leaps from the inner self
Revealing the state of the heart.
Whether you know it or not,
Whether you mean or care,

Gentleness, kindness, love, and hate,

Envy, anger, are there.

Then, would you quarrels avoid
And peace and love rejoice?
Keep anger not only out of your words –
Keep it out of your voice.

~Author Unknown
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I know my posts are so random lately but whatever right....
Have a great weekend.